•-in TRANSACTIONS, »fec. 



Diel, or to some one other of tlie contributors of dislies ot" tine and 

 CKtra pears, reliable for their luiifonn certainly and perfection of 

 growth, to be found among the hundred varieties, and nearly eiglit 

 hundred dishes, in the exhibition, by the one hundred and twenty con- 

 tributors. But the premium was to be awarded for "the best di<h of 

 ])ears ; " and there could, be no two opinions, that is, no Iwo intelli- 

 gent opinions, about the St. Michael's of Mr. Rice, beinj^ the best 

 disli in the exliibition ; — their very great size and jierfection, in all 

 respects, considered. 



Whether this favorite and justly esteemed old variety can here- 

 after be successfully cultivated, in New England, is not a question 

 for the Committee to decide. But tiie numerous dishes of good 

 pears of tliis variety in the exhibition, from diiTcrcnt localities, prove 

 that it has been successfully cultivated, by many, this season. 



There will be found in the list of pears, some put down " name- 

 less." This is to be regretted. But the task of the Committee was 

 not a lio-ht one. Besides, some of the Committee were connected 

 with another exhibition ; and some of their time was necessarily 

 occupied there. Otherwise, the Committee would have endeavored 

 to make the catalogue of names complete. It is believed, however, 

 that most of those, who sought to ascertain the variety of their fruit, 

 learned it, during the exhibition, from some one of the Conuntttee, 

 or from some other source; so that this imperfection in the report 

 is the less to be regretted. 



The entries of Pears were as follows : 



James Longley, Boylston. St. Michael, fine, Seckel. 



T. H. Rice, Worcester. St, Michael, good. Napoleon. 



S. P. Champney, Worcester. Nine varieties, viz : St. Michael, 

 Beurre d'Amalis, Louise Bonne de Jersey, good, Bartlett, Duchess 

 d'AngouIeme, Beurre Diel, Nameless, Glout Morceau. 



P. Ilolman, Leicester. Bartlett, good. 



J. M. Earle, Worcester. Sixty-nine varieties — Beurre Bosc, fine, 

 Andrews, Duchess d'Angouleme, St. Michael, good, Marie Louise, 

 Surpasse Virgalieu, Chaumontelle, Knight's Monarch, Oswego 

 Beurre, Belle Lucrative, St. Ghislain, Bezi Monligny, Winter Nelis, 

 Striped Long Green, Flemish Beauty, Louise Bonne de Jersey, 

 Thompson's, Henry IV, Buffum, Bleeker's Meadow, Capiaumont, 

 Brown Beurre, Winter Orange, Vicar of Winkfield, Rushmore'-s 



